Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

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A samurai family is comprised of a father, mother and a son. The father wishes his son to find a wife and procreate. The father talks of this to his colleague and how he wishes to become a grandfather. The samurai's boss hears of it and recommends a woman. One of their lord's concubines has become an outcast and the boss recommends the woman for his underling's son. This is not what the man had in mind for his son. However, given the origin of the suggestion, the recommendati... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion:

Masakazu Tamura
Yukie Nakama
Naoto Ogata
Yukiya Kitamura
Tomoko Tabata
Hideo Ishiguro

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A samurai family is comprised of a father, mother and a son. The father wishes his son to find a wife and procreate. The father talks of this to his colleague and how he wishes to become a grandfather. The samurai's boss hears of it and recommends a woman. One of their lord's concubines has become an outcast and the boss recommends the woman for his underling's son. This is not what the man had in mind for his son. However, given the origin of the suggestion, the recommendation cannot be refused. The son and his new wife begin their new life. She is amiable.

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Film and Felt - 9/10 by Gabe LeibowitzAs powerful, meditative, and gripping as anything Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, or other Japanese masters have created.
Seattle Times - 9/10 by Jeff ShannonThe film's escalation of tension is almost unbearable, and Mifune erupts with a ferocity that's as righteous as it is ultimately tragic, for Kobayashi refuses to soften the film's devastating imbalance of power.
New Yorker - 7/10 by Michael SragowNo one could seethe better than Mifune, but what gives the movie equal shares of exhilaration and heartbreak is the feeling that pours out of him ...
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 6/10 by Dennis SchwartzA heart-felt action film that is eloquent and haunting in its reflections on the abuse of powers by the ruling class.
User Review - 10/10 by Chris LA moving story of love, honor, patience and violent rebellion against an unreasonable feudal lord that rivals any Kurasawa film.
User Review - 10/10 by Kenneth Lthe opening scene by itself is fantastic. it opens by showing the sword of Toshiro Mifune's character, Isaburo, which is so thin and precise in its construction that when no longer focused upon it becomes invisible to the camera -- this, of course, being where we first see Mifune himself preparing to strike upon a hay-dummy, which gets cut clean in half. simply witnessing the culture of this film immediately intrigued me -- further proving that Japanese filmmakers of this era, particularly those like Kobayashi and, though he didn't direct this film, Kurosawa. Kobayashi masterfully portrays the story of Isaburo who tells his son to marry a controversially thought-of woman who recently attacked their warlord. after a few months or years (I'm not exactly sure how long) following their wedding, Ichi, Isaburo's son's wife, is demanded back by the new warlord because she is the father of the dying, or now dead, warlord's son. Isaburo's family, after long debate, refuses, and a catastrophic rebellion ensues. this film is possibly the most realistic samurai film I've ever seen, it has the most realistic emotions and the samurai aren't constantly hiding their feelings through threatening gazes, but actually have personalities and traits that any other real person would have. the camera angles and cinematography are incredible, the directing is masterful, and the performances are outstanding.
User Review - 10/10 by Tom BA favorite. Not an action film in the least, rather a family drama, and a drama about an individual man, his son, and his son's wife, standing against the pressures of the rest of their family and the full weight of their clan and clan lord. What I love about this and Kobayashi's Hara Kiri is the way the story is revealed. These are highly sophisticated narratives, and perhaps best credited to Shinobu Hashimoto who also wrote Rashomon. But in cinematic terms the increase in tension is phenomenal, and I think this is partly achieved by the sharp cutting between scenes, especially flashbacks, and I think this sharp cutting exists in these films because of the samurai elements. They are like sword cuts, increasing the intensity of the rising action of the narrative. As always, the favorites are great, with some surprises. Mifune portrays a man who I find initially to be somewhat weak, and he's very convincing, and then equally convincing at the end when he becomes strong. Nakadai plays a noble warrior-type who nevertheless adheres to an ignoble cause. It is these kinds of convolutions specifically that seem to delight the philosophical probings of these two films. If a person is loyal to a cause that promotes disloyalty, is this incongruent? Perhaps, and perhaps not, as in the world of Japanese shogunate ideology. But this is about the hypocrisy of those ideals. As always, shame is at center of family and social pressure, to shame the family is unforgivable. For this a man and woman are torn apart and misused, love sacrificed to meet the needs of those in power, and spat on by family members who can do nothing better than disapprove and then sever. It's an age-old theme. The true bright lights are the performances by Go Kato and Yoko Tsukasa, especially Tsukasa who communicates so much without words. Potent and engaging, a real treat for anyone who's never seen a film like this, and for action junkies there's the showdown in the final ten minutes, although it's anything but frivolous. Action in a Kobayashi film is always meaningful, always tragic, and always satisfying in terms of story. Wonderful filmmaking, great food for thought, and thoroughly engaging human drama.
User Review - 10/10 by Ben TAn amazing samurai movie about honor and respect. Great performances. Toshiro Mifune is the man!
User Review - 10/10 by Ben GI personally think this is one of Masaki Kobayashi's masterpiece films. Intriguing, potent and memorable. A film that is set in a time where loyalty and servitude to one's daimyo (lord) is key. A samurai (Toshiro Mifune) leader of a clan dares to challenge the old way of things when his daimyo is highly unreasonable with his son's wedding arrangement. Realistic and dramatic performances. Personally one of my favorite films ever. I highly recommend to any Japanese film lovers.
User Review - 10/10 by Darren RThe original title was "Tatsuya Nakadai is the Greatest," but Western audiences kept responding with, "Who?"

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